The deep(er) roots of Eukaryotes and Akaryotes [version 2; peer review: 2 approved, 1 approved with reservations]
Background: Locating the root node of the “tree of life” (ToL) is one of the hardest problems in phylogenetics, given the time depth. The root-node, or the universal common ancestor (UCA), groups descendants into organismal clades/domains. Two notable variants of the two-domains ToL (2D-ToL) have ga...
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F1000 Research Ltd
2020-06-01
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Series: | F1000Research |
Online Access: | https://f1000research.com/articles/9-112/v2 |